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precut

precut verb: to cut in advance.

Verb

precut (third-person singular simple present precuts, present participle precutting, simple past and past participle precut)

  1. (transitive) To cut in advance.
    • Before the competition opened, inspectors were backstage opening pots, checking vegetable bags to make sure none had been precut […].2009 January 28, Elaine Sciolino, “With Cowbells and Oxtails, Culinary Olympics Begin”, in New York Times

Forms of precut

third-person singular presentprecuts
present participleprecutting
past participleprecut
pastprecut

Past tense of precut: precut

Origin of precut

From pre- + cut.

Questions about precut

What does precut mean?
Precut means to cut in advance.
What part of speech is precut?
Precut is a verb.
What is the past tense of precut?
The past tense of precut is precut.

Words near precut in the dictionary

  1. precursorship
  2. precursorships
  3. precursory
  4. precurtain
  5. precurved
  6. precut
  7. precutaneous
  8. precuticular
  9. precuts
  10. precutting
  11. precycle

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